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Effective June 17, 2011, or as contracts allow, BASF increased list and off-list prices for resins and performance additives by 3% to 8% in North America. The price increase pertains to only the North American graphic arts, coatings and related… Read More »

Announced last December, Arkema’s acquisition from Total of coatings resins from both Cray Valley and Cook Composites and Polymers, and the photocure resins of Sartomer, has been approved by the anti-trust authorities in all countries concerned… Read More »

Latin America has been a bright spot for the ink industry, as the printing industry has enjoyed growth in recent years. The past year saw further gains for ink manufacturers in the region, led by growth in Brazil and Mexico.
“In 2010, the Braz… Read More »

Superior Materials, Inc., Garden City, NY, announced that Bruce Schimmel has joined the company as sales manager. As part of the management team, Mr. Schimmel brings to Superior his expertise in the handling of national accounts as well as management… Read More »

DSM announced March 22, 2011 that following an extensive strategic study, a reorganization that will see its Business Units DSM Powder Coating Resins and DSM NeoResins+ merged into a single new unit, DSM Coating Resins.
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Pigments, resins and additives are essentially the three main ingredients of ink. It should come as no surprise to anyone in the ink and allied industries that all of these ingredients are facing increasing volatility of raw materials cost and availa… Read More »

Shortages of printing ink pigments have been getting so bad over the past year that doubts are beginning to be raised about the long-term sustainability of a supply system dependent on imports from Asi Read More »

BASF offers Irgacure 270 cationic photoinitiators for packaging inks. Irgacure 270 now makes it possible to combine fast UV curing with very low emissions. This new product is very versatile, and its applications include both UV-curable printing inks… Read More »

Harima Chemicals Inc., a leading producer of pine-based products, announced that it has purchased the global Ink & Adhesive Resins (IAR) business of Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.
With 2009 annual revenues of $279 millio… Read More »

In order to help printers and converters understand why their ink prices may be on the rise, the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers, Inc. (NAPIM) issued a bulletin that provides insight into the current volatility facing the raw mater… Read More »

DSM NeoResins appointed Martin Vlak global sales director as of Jan 1, 2011. Mr. Vlak currently is sales director Europe, Middle East, South America and Africa with DSM NeoResins. He has more than 20 years experience in the coating industry.
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